In the Media
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North Shore NewsMining would see financial boon under global carbon tax — so why is industry fighting it?
When the mining industry fights carbon taxes, it is arguing against its own economic interests, suggests new research from UBC's Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Study authors Benjamin Cox and Sally Innis were quoted.
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Vancouver Sun
UBC researchers develop way to produce lithium for EV batteries, address supply crunch
Postmedia highlighted Mangrove, a company co-founded by UBC engineering professor Dr. David Wilkinson and members of his research group at the Clean Energy Research Centre. The start-up has developed a way to produce cost-effective lithium to address the supply crunch for electric vehicle batteries.
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North Shore News
Sewage plant samples show Omicron infections dropping in Lower Mainland
Dr. Ryan Ziels, a professor of civil engineering, was quoted about using wastewater samples to extract information about the prevalence of COVID-19 and its variants within a region.
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Al Jazeera
Pandemic or endemic: Where is COVID heading next?
Dr. Anna Blakney, a professor at UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories and school of biomedical engineering, says if something is a pandemic or an epidemic, we have to take certain precautionary measures against it to limit its spread. Those same measures aren’t needed or required with endemic diseases.
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Fairchild TV
Mend the Gap
UBC researchers are leading the charge on a $24-million project called Mend the Gap, a new approach to spinal cord regeneration. Co-principal investigators Dr. Karen Cheung and Dr. Dena Shahriari in UBC's department of orthopaedics and school of biomedical engineering, were interviewed.
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Global News
Researchers at UBCO working on next-generation battery
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Jian Liu was interviewed about developing and designing a smaller and more powerful battery than what’s currently available in today’s markets.
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Burnaby Beacon
Toilet talk: the teams behind COVID-19 wastewater surveillance in B.C
Dr. Ryan Ziels, a professor of civil engineering, discussed his work on examining Metro Vancouver’s wastewater to find the prevalence of COVID-19 and variants within a region.
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Vancouver Sun
Vancouver biomedical engineering shines bright
UBC biomedical engineer Dr. Peter Zandstra discussed how his research has helped find cures for debilitating chronic diseases and contributed to the life sciences and biomedical community in Vancouver and B.C.
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University Affairs
UBC earthquake lab shakes, rattles and rolls
University Affairs featured UBC's Earthquake Engineering Research Facility, which is studying the dangers of seismic instability. Facility director and civil engineering professor Dr. Carlos Ventura was quoted.
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Kelowna Capital News
UBCO study suggests COVID-19 pandemic has changed our grocery habits
A new study by Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi, a professor in UBCO's school of engineering, looked at how the public’s online shopping habits have changed in various ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic.